Considering his name, resume and the hype he caused with an explosive interview ahead of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, Portuguese superstar Cristiano Ronaldo couldn’t have had a worse year. In case he’s missing something, maybe he’ll finish it off without a team.
The Portuguese converted a penalty against Ghana to become the first man to score in five different World Cups, but nothing else went well for the player who came out the back door of Manchester United and their last World Cup.
He unsuccessfully attempted to claim a header against Uruguay and displayed a terrible attitude after being substituted against South Korea, resulting in his coach relegating him to the bench against Sweden and Morocco in the knockout stages direct. He wept after Portugal lost 1-0 to Morocco to end his World Cup career and finished the tournament with just one goal and solo.
Cristiano is now looking for a club to continue his successful but declining career. Bayern Munich, PSG and even Eintracht Frankfurt have already turned him down, according to the latest rumors. He trained a few days ago in Valdebebas, Spain, but it seems he doesn’t even have a place to retire at Real Madrid. His future points to Arab football.
The ‘Bug’ has an offer from Saudi Arabia’s Al-Nassr which would tie him to the club until 2025, according to the newspaper LIKE. They offered him €150m a year, half of what an Arab club was offering him for six months when rumors started that he would ask to leave Manchester United.
Arab club Al Nassr was founded in 1995 and their greatest international honor is having participated in the 2000 Club World Cup. They have nine league titles and six in the Saudi Cup.
Cristiano Ronaldo would also be, if he accepted Al-Nassr’s offer, ambassador of Saudi Arabia’s candidacy to host the 2030 World Cup, the same ones for which Spain-Portugal-Ukraine and South America would also compete.
